My one complaint with the button layout is the volume and wake/sleep buttons are too close together. It’s still a neat feature, if one with something of a steep learning curve. That is to say, I don't have any knowledge of music theory at all and the symbols and menus may as well have been written with the Cyrillic alphabet. Unfortunately I was unable to test out any games for GB Studio, since there aren't any yet, but I did try out Nanoloop and my skills as a beat maker are as good as ever. GB Studio is a game creation tool, letting you play games you or others have made in a simplified game-creation engine.
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A quick press of the Analogue button during gameplay brings up options to resume, quit, adjust settings, and access "Tools." The Tools menu has Nanoloop – which lets you make your own chiptunes similar to the somewhat famous LSDJ software for the original Game Boy – and GB Studio. The menus are pretty sparse and not particularly remarkable. In addition to the buttons for controlling the games, there's an "Analogue" logo button to return you to the menu screen. There's no play in them, either, so they feel solid and responsive. All the buttons have a solid feel – not exactly clicky, but not mushy or soft. I thought it would be an awkward placement, but even with my large hands I found them easy to reach and actuate. The buttons on the Analogue Pocket are laid out nicely, with two shoulder buttons on the back, bookending the cartridge slot. As far as input lag is concerned, I lack the equipment to precisely measure that sort of thing, but I didn’t notice any lag on a host of different games I tested from a practical use perspective. There's no blurring and no ghosting, just eye-pleasing pop.
Game Boy games render in four shades of black and white, green, or even purple if you want, and seeing them backlit on such a gorgeous display is really lovely.
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It's closer to the display on an iPhone than it is to a dedicated handheld like the Switch OLED, with its 293 ppi and 720p undocked resolution.Ĭolors are bright and gorgeous, and every pixel is rendered in a magnificent crispness no matter which system the cart you're playing was originally made for. The 3.5", 615ppi 1600x1440 display is absolutely overkill when compared to the 160x144 resolution screen of the original Game Boy and Game Boy Color. The screen is the feature most deserving of glowing praise.
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The 4300mAh battery is comparable in capacity to the iPhone 13 Pro Max, and there's an optional 18W "Fast Charging Power Supply" Analogue claims will charge up your battery 50% faster than other chargers. Analogue promises 6 to 10 hours of battery life. That said, the matte finish suffers from the same issue as most other plastic gaming components, in that I can already see some smoothing around the edges of the D-pad and the most-used buttons, something I have to imagine will only become more pronounced with extended play.īeyond the cartridge port, there's a USB-C port for charging, a slot for a microSD card, a 3.5mm headphone jack, and a port for the Game Boy link cable. Instead its mono-color aesthetic – it comes in all black or all white – gives it a sophisticated, modern look that feels worthy of its $219 price tag. While the Analogue Pocket shares much of its industrial design DNA with the Game Boy, it doesn't look like a wannabe. Other retro-themed handhelds also mimic the style of Nintendo's famous handheld, but they usually come off looking cheap – or worse, bootleg. The Analogue Pocket measures 5.86" tall x 3.46" wide x 0.86" thick, which means it looks like a slightly-taller but slightly-thinner original Game Boy – but with extra buttons. Inside is a USB-C cable, a few pieces of paperwork, some stickers, and the Pocket itself. It's the kind of box you put on a storage shelf and convince yourself never to recycle or throw out. It's par for the course for Analogue, so if you own any of the company's other gaming hardware, like the Super Nt or the Mega Sg, you already know what to expect. It's not quite the same caliber as a new iPhone, but the box in which it's packed is high-quality and makes a great first impression. The Pocket first distinguishes itself as a high-end gaming solution with its packaging.
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